The California Quiz
Level One

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!

1. Who was the first native Californian to be elected President of the United States?

    Ronald Reagan
    John F. Kennedy
    Richard Nixon
    Herbert Hoover
2. Who discovered gold in 1848?

    James Marshall
    John Sutter
    Sam Brannan
    William Tecumseh Sherman
3. What was the year of San Francisco's Great Earthquake and Fire?

    1865
    1906
    1933
    1989
4. Who wrote "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"?
    Francis Bret Harte
    Mark Twain
    Ambrose Bierce
    Joaquin Miller
5. In what city can you find the Walk of the Stars?

    Hollywood
    Santa Barbara
    Los Angeles
    Santa Monica
6. Who was elected governor of California in 1998?

    Barbara Boxer
    Gray Davis
    Dan Lundgren
    Pete Wilson
7. What was the name of the 1847 emigrant group whose members resorted to cannibalism?

    The Donner Party
    Death Valley Party
    Mormon Battalion
    Stevenson's Regiment
8. What was the name of the volcano that erupted in 1915?

    Mount Lassen
    Mount Whitney
    Mount Shasta
    Medicine Lake Volcano
9. What was California's first State capital?

    Sacramento
    San Jose
    Monterey
    Vallejo
10. What is California's state bird?

    California Condor
    California Gull
    California Quail
    Stellar's Jay

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Based on Game Quiz by Monichar...Homepage
DATE:1997-04-05

Photo: Sally Port at Alcatraz
Copyright 1998 by Joel GAzis-SAx